The Punalu'u black sand beach along the south shore of Hawaii
Hawaii Scenes: Black Sand Beaches; Messages along the highway;
All Photos © K. Dewey, SNR, UNL.
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The Punalu'u black sand beach along the south shore of Hawaii
The Punalu'u black sand beach. The sand is from the lava
being broken apart by ocean waves
There are very few beaches in Hawaii (The Big Island) since it is a young island
This is the black sand beach at the Kalapana Gardens lava flow, SE coast of
Hawaii.
The lava cliffs are being broken apart and the waves pulverize the lava into
small black sand grains
The sand was identical to other sand on mainland beaches with the exception that
it is black in color
The
waves were pounding the shore and creating a new beach
More high surf pounding the lava cliffs.
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Messages along a Highway The Queen Kaahumanu Highway, runs north some 33 miles from Kailua-Kona, a bustling resort and commercial town, to the port of Kawaihae. Along the highway, the landscape is forbiddingly bleak—mostly vast fields of black lava decorated with "graffiti" messages spelled out in white coral chunks. |
One of the interesting scenes in Hawaii consists of messages spelled out along
the highway north of Kona
Some of the messages are in memory of individuals.
Another message on the side of the road honoring an
individual.
Some of the messages are political.
The
messages are spelled out using white rocks on the black lava
After seeing so many messages, I decided to spell out one myself.
There are literally hundreds of messages along this 30 mile stretch of
highway
The
messages are a mixture of fun and sad messages. Note to the left "Life is
Good" and "R.I.P."
This is a group of local teens spelling out a message